Cognome

Riggio

The strongest concentration of Riggio in US arrival records points to Sicilia, with 145 of 202 arrivals (72 percent) originating there.

202

US arrivals
1830 to 1912

Comuni of
origin

Regioni
represented

Notable on
Wikipedia

Arrivals by regioneN = 202

Top regione

Sicilia

145 of 202
72 percent of arrivals

Arrivals

< 4

4 to 15

15 to 44

44+

Distribuzione per regione

Concentration by regione

12 regioni represented

Sicilia14572%
Calabria2110%
Piemonte105%
Campania63%
Toscana42%
Abruzzo42%
Puglia42%
Basilicata21%
Veneto21%
Lombardia21%
Liguria10%
Lazio10%

Origini per comune

Arrival records by comune

Each row is a comune (municipality) where at least one passenger named Riggio was recorded between 1830 and 1912.

Palermo
17
Provincia PA
Sciacca
16
Provincia AG
Palazzo Adriano
14
Provincia PA
Nicosia
12
Provincia EN
Burgio
10
Provincia AG
Petralia Soprana
9
Provincia PA
Sambuco
9
Provincia CN
Menfi
9
Provincia AG
Santa Ninfa
8
Provincia TP
Bivongi
6
Provincia RC
Villarosa
6
Provincia EN
Messina
6
Provincia ME
Isnello
5
Provincia PA
Trabia
5
Provincia PA
Gerace
4
Provincia RC

Comune	Provincia	US Arrivals
Palermo	PA	17
Sciacca	AG	16
Palazzo Adriano	PA	14
Nicosia	EN	12
Burgio	AG	10
Petralia Soprana	PA	9
Sambuco	CN	9
Menfi	AG	9
Santa Ninfa	TP	8
Bivongi	RC	6
Villarosa	EN	6
Messina	ME	6
Isnello	PA	5
Trabia	PA	5
Gerace	RC	4

Persone notevoli

Notable Riggio on Wikipedia

Andrea Riggio
EN IT
1660 · Palermo
Giuseppe Riggio
1758 · Acireale
Giuseppe Riggio
1848 · Palermo
Antonino Riggio
IT
1925 · Ciminna
Vito Riggio
IT
1947 · Barrafranca
Giuseppe Riggio
1961 · Butera
Giuseppe Riggio
1976 · Messina
Cristian Riggio
EN
1996 · Crotone

Name	Born	Birthplace	Wiki
Andrea Riggio	1660	Palermo	EN IT
Giuseppe Riggio	1758	Acireale
Giuseppe Riggio	1848	Palermo
Antonino Riggio	1925	Ciminna	IT
Vito Riggio	1947	Barrafranca	IT
Giuseppe Riggio	1961	Butera
Giuseppe Riggio	1976	Messina
Cristian Riggio	1996	Crotone	EN

Varianti grafiche

Spelling variants worth checking

The spelling you know may not be the one in the records. For example, a family remembers Mansini, but the records read Mancini.
If your spelling does not appear, a close variant in the list below may be the same family.

Related guide

Myths About Name Changes at Ellis Island

Names were never changed at the border. The spelling here is the original Italian: Giovinelli in the records, perhaps Jovanelli in the family today.

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Di riggio

1 US arrivals

Riggi

94 US arrivals

Rigio

5 US arrivals

Riggione

2 US arrivals

Riggiola

1 US arrivals

Riggia

5 US arrivals

Priggio

3 US arrivals

Briggio

1 US arrivals

Variants are surfaced from the surname index, not from per-name research. None of these is guaranteed to be the same family as Riggio.

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